These efforts reached a high point when he organized and led a delegation of the Synagogue Council of America to meet with the Deputy Secretary of State and the Departments Human Rights Director. Warren Zimmermann. in September. 1985. Mr. Birnbaums vision was partially realized with Malcolm Hoenleins Solidarity Rallies in New York. and. finally. by the great national rally in Washington on December 7. 1987 on the eve of Gorbachevs meeting with President Reagan. Finally. in 1990. the Kremlin conceded and permitted a mass emigration which now totals two million (one million to Israel and one million elsewhere. mostly to the United States). This was no small accomplishment. and many people played a role in making it happen. In addition to the courageous work of Mr.
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